Needle in a haystack?
Peter Kyle identifies how sector knowledge management and sharing could be improved...
Confidence has been growing in the third sector as its contribution to public policy has been increasingly recognised. Voluntary organisations are increasingly being recognised for their work in serving their local communities. Decision makers are increasingly being convinced by the third sector’s advocates of the need for ongoing public reform. However, there is still room for improvement.We have been under-utilising the levels of knowledge of the sector. To fully develop the potential of the sector we need to ensure that every key fact and third sector success story is shared with relevant organisations and sections of the community. Currently the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is undertaking a consultation on how academia can improve its analysis of the third sector, as it seeks to make its level of understanding match the public and private sectors.We should now take this opportunity to advance understanding, welcome public analysis and adapt to develop models of co-dependent learning and education.
Author: Peter Kyle
Peter Kyle is deputy chief executive at acevo. He was previously a special adviser at the Cabinet Office, working on social exclusion and third party policy
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